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Along with this environment of start-ups, there is a movement forming which promotes innovation directly. With the help of VentureWell, faculty members attended a workshop in February 2014 where they received training similar to that which the University Innovation Fellows receive.

This same group of faculty also promotes the creation of a new major on campus. This pathway of study would combine aspects of the business and engineering curricula to create an area of study for students interested in entrepreneurship specifically. Faculty also participate in courses provided by the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, where cross-disciplinary approaches to I&E are discussed and presented.

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The [http://www.thebizfoundry.org/ Biz Foundry] is a local business accelerator in Upper Cumberland Tennessee, partnered with [http://launchtn.org/ Launch Tennessee]. The organization focuses on building a startup community which nurtures local talent, innovation, and entrepreneurs in order to create a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem. The accelerator program pairs startups with mentors and investors to aid with business model development.

TN Tech is located in the small town of Cookeville, TN. The campus itself is one of the biggest aspects of the town and is subsequently a large contributor to the local economy. Besides the fact huge amounts of money come from students that buy things from the local businesses, there is also a lot of community service which takes place.Events like the Relay for Life bring in tens of thousands of dollars for cancer research every spring, and university and roadside clean-ups coordinated by Greek life organizations keep the city clean.

Due to Cookeville's location in the center of three of Tennessee's major cities (Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga), it is often a meeting ground for innovation. Much work is done between these four cities to bring businesses from across the country to the increasingly innovative state of Tennessee. The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Committee also launched the "Rural Reimagined" initiative to challenge students to use their I&E skills to improve rural life. These projects include expanding healthcare access, internet access and other vital resources to the underserved populations of the Upper Cumberland.

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